5. Sopravvivere all’esame di Linguistica Generale, la serie: la classificazione tipologica

In questa puntata di Sopravvivere all’esame di Linguistica Generale affrontiamo la classificazione tipologica.

Dalle lingue isolanti, agglutinanti, flessive e polisintetiche agli universali linguistici di Greenberg, passando per l’ordine dei costituenti, l’allineamento ergativo-assolutivo e le lingue topic-prominent. 

Perché il finlandese incolla i morfemi uno dietro l'altro? Perché l’italiano è più analitico del latino? E cosa c’entrano Wilhelm von Humboldt, Ed Sheeran e i doppiaggi di Gualtiero Cannarsi con tutto questo?

Una puntata per capire come funzionano le lingue, quali proprietà condividono e perché classificarle è un po’ più complicato che metterle in qualche scatolina.

La linguistica generale, ma con meno ansia e più cazzeggio.

Grafiche: Gianluca La Bruna

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